Rain, rain, go away! Let me wander through the puddles!” - in this children's poem we see verbs in which a request is expressed. They are called imperative.
The imperative mood of a verb in Russian
In Russian, such words are used in incentive sentences. The forms of these verbs have a surreal meaning, which means that they are not connected with reality, because the action called in this way is possible, but not necessarily will actually happen. Here are some examples of sentences that use imperative verbs:
- Anatoly Andreevich, allow me to submit a report within a week (request).
- Don't take too long with this (advice).
- May this be the last time (demand).
- Shut up. Listen (order).
Singular forms
Imperative verbs change in number and person. This table shows examples of unit forms. numbers.
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Imperative Verb Singular Examples |
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| 1st person | - |
| 2nd person | Get up, stretch, smile at the sun. Feel the morning freshness. Open your eyes. Brush your teeth, wash your face. Set the table |
| 3rd person | Let the enemy not walk on the roads of our villages. Let the soldier boldly go into battle |
Plurals
If we are addressing more than one person with an impulse, then we use the verb in the form of the imperative mood in the plural. number. They also change in person and, unlike the change in the previous forms, can be used in the first person. This is because one person cannot ask himself to do something, but he can ask for joint action from people nearby.
| Imperative Verbs: Plural Examples | |
| 1st person |
Let's go to the forest for mushrooms. Let's make repairs. Let's try to talk calmly. Let's go to class |
| 2nd person | Open your textbooks. Do the exercise. Show me your work |
| 3rd person | Let our sorrows go away. Not at allbad days will come for you, my country! |
Formation of verbs. Imperative verb endings
Such verbs have the form of the second person and are formed from the form of the present. and bud. time in which the stem is highlighted (part of the word without ending):
- walk - move-;
- writes - write-;
- reading – reading-;
- install - install-;
- leave - leave-.
A suffix -i- (-th-) or a zero suffix is added to the base:
- move + and;
- write + and;
- chita + th;
- install + and;
- leave + zero suffix.
The endings of this verb form express the grammatical meaning of the number.
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The imperative mood of the verb. Example sentences with singular verbs |
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| The imperative mood of the verb. Example sentences with plural verbs |
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If in imperativethe singular form of the verb is a soft sign, then it will remain before the ending of the plural, and before the suffix -sya:
- fix it, fix it;
- stay, stay;
- reset, reset;
- do not argue;
- don't touch,
- please.
In business
The verb in the form of the imperative mood is quite actively used in various fields of activity. For example, in business we use instructions.
What should be done in case of fire?
When signs of fire are detected:
- immediately call the fire department of the city, village or other locality;
- evacuate people;
- take all possible measures to extinguish the fire.
Enterprise leaders:
- duplicate the fire report to the fire brigade and inform the superiors and the responsible duty officer;
- organize the rescue of people using all possible means;
- check if auto-fire protection systems are enabled;
- turn off the power or take measures to eliminate the fire;
- stop all work in the fire facility, except for those related to the elimination of the fire;
- remove workers and other persons from the danger zone, except those involved in extinguishing the fire;
- execute fire fighting manual before fire brigade arrives;
- ensure safety for allfire fighting workers;
- organize the protection of we alth;
- meet the fire department;
- ensure proper medical care for fire victims;
- inform the fire extinguishing manager about all the features of the fire object;
- organize the involvement of forces and means to carry out activities related to the elimination of fire and the prevention of its development.
In learning activities
In educational activities, sentences with imperative verbs are used, for example, in algorithms.
Example - applying the spelling rule for unstressed vowels:
- Change the word or choose a single-root word.
- Select the root.
- Find the root in which the vowel is stressed.
- Check all remaining words on this root.
In household activities
In everyday life, sentences with imperative verbs are used in manuals for using household appliances, repair work, cooking, making clothes, and the like.
Take, for example, a cooking recipe:
- Strips of beef. Cut two hundred grams of beef and one onion into equal strips seven to eight centimeters long. Heat a frying pan over very high heat, melt 100 g of pork fat. Lowerchopped meat and onions into it, fry, while stirring all the time, avoiding burning. After two minutes, add a teaspoon of table wine to the pan, the same amount of beef broth, s alt and sugar to taste. Bring to a boil and serve garnished with herbs.
- Cucumber salad in sweet and sour sauce. First, prepare the filling: dissolve two teaspoons of granulated sugar in two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar. Wash the cucumbers, chop, place the sliced pieces in a salad bowl, finely chop the greens, mix. Pour in the sugar and vinegar sauce. Can be served.
